Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen: Tropical Barbecue

Airs Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 4 p.m. on KPBSTV

Above: Test cook Bridget Lancaster and host Chris Kimball are grilling in season four of COOK'S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN.

Friday, August 30, 2013

COOK'S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN features the best regional home cooking from across the country. The series, like the successful Cook’s Country magazine, approaches food in the same practical, no-nonsense way. In a renovated 1806 farmhouse, the cast scientifically re-imagines family-friendly recipes for the modern home cook.

Above: The cast of COOK'S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN, pictured left to right, Julia Collin, Erin McMurrer, Christopher Kimball, Bridget Lancaster and in the front row, Adam Reid and Jack Bishop.

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